car nitemare

[davieboy.rfc]

:mad:ive a vauxhall astra sxi & when its in 4th gear it starts chugging along took if for a diagnostic test but nothin came up on the test any ideas guys.

[smirnoff_rules]

o chugging ,,, cat might be blocked

[cmichtobo]

With all this damp weather , spark plugs/leads/coil pack

[krazylegz]

With all this damp weather , spark plugs/leads/coil pack


they would affect it in all gears m8

[thebigman]

EGR valve mabye? i've had them not closing properly due to carbon build up, no dtc's causes misfire 30-40 mph 4th gear.

thebigman

[gordy230]

:mad:ive a vauxhall astra sxi & when its in 4th gear it starts chugging along took if for a diagnostic test but nothin came up on the test any ideas guys.

me wife has an astra and every day it would jump on to 3 cyls pull in rev it up till it clears and its mint all day until the next day same again it was driving me nuts after throwing everything i could at it idecided egr valve must be gubbed so igot a coke can cut a plate shoved it under neath egr bolted down used as a blanking plug and the moter is minted now

[davieboy.rfc]

thanx for ur help guys ill find oot on thurs from an independant mechy rather than a vauxhall mechy & i wil let u know the findings.

[dijonblanton]

omg i love car topics. :)

[gmb45]

omg i love car topics. :)mines due for mot on monday :thumpdown: wish me luck

[davieboy.rfc]

:driver:
o chugging ,,, cat might be blocked
ye m8y u were rite it was a bocked cat convertor cheers smirnoff.

[smirnoff_rules]

:driver:
ye m8y u were rite it was a bocked cat convertor cheers smirnoff.

god lm good lol